(Cut to animation swords, shield and alligator making up components of the logo for Exercise Bold Alligator which contains the inscription: “Today’s Fight with Today’s People”)

(Dissolve to a wide shot of the sea as seen from on board a ship.)

(Music begins.)

(Cut to a wide shot of the ship’s wake.)

(Cut to a wide shot of the ship’s wake with a portion of the ship’s stern visible.)

(Cut to a wide shot zooming in to machinery inside the ship’s engine room.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a large Amercian military hovercraft.)

(Cut to a fast zoom out of water as seen through a hawse hole.)

(Cut to a wide shot of the embossed lettering “US” on a brass nautical bell.)

(Cut to a wide shot of the brass nautical bell.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a ship cannon.)

(Cut to a wides shot of the ship’s deck with a helicopter with stowed rotors in the foreground and another helicopter in flight in the background.)

(Cut to a series of close-ups of the ship’s rotating radar antennae.)

(Cut to a wide shot of an American naval officer writing on clip board.)

(Cut to a wide shot of four female navy personnel in a ship mechanical room.)

(Cut to a series of progressively wide to close shots of a person in a ship’s mechanical room.)

(Cut to series of wide shots of a bird’s eye view of the ship’s bow.)

(Cut to a wide’ point of view’ shot from a helmet mounted camera of soldiers with their weapons drawn walking through a ship’s hold.)

(Cut to a wide ‘point of view’ shot as soldiers ascend a ship staircase.)

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers gathering by a ship’s doorway.)

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers marching on the ship’s deck toward a waiting helicopter.)

(Cut to close up of a French Naval Officer with identifier which reads: Commander / Captaine de frigate Patrick Bourgeois French Navy / Marine Nationale de la France.)

Commander Patrick bourgeois:

We have the participation of many nations: Canadians, Dutch, Norwegian, and this morning we left the command ship: the (HNLMS) Johan de Witt for the (USS) Arlington which are the ships belonging to our task force and then we were transported by the U.S. Marine Corps.

(Cut to a wide shot of the ship’s wake with a portion of the stern vidible.)

(Cut to a wide shot of the ship’s hold with a HUMVEE visible.)

(Cut to a medium shot of soldiers boarding a helicopter.)

(Cut to a medium shot from the inside of the helicopter as soldiers enter and take their seat.)

(Cut to a close up of soldiers seated in a helicopter putting on their water survival equipment.)

(Cut to a medium shot of seated soldiers inside the helicopter as the flight crew prepare for take-off.)

(Cut to a close up of a soldiers face.)

(Cut to a close up of another soldier’s face.)

(Cut to a medium shot of a member of the helicopter flight crew giving instructions to the seated soldiers.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a seascape from underneath the helicopter with part of the fuselage visible and another helicopter visible in the distance.)

(Cut to a bird’s eye view of a beach community as seen from the open rear of the helicopter.)

(Cut to wide shot of a helicopter in flight above a forested area and a river.)

(Cut to a bird’s eye view of a marshy area as seen from the open rear of the helicopter.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a sandy area as seen from the helicopter’s open rear as it descends to land. A portion of the tail section of the helicopter is visible.)

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers exiting the aircraft.)

(Cut to a wide shot of another helicopter coming for a landing in the sandy area with soldiers in the foreground.)

(Cut to soldiers taking their defensive positions at the landing site.)

(Cut to a close up of Major Patrick Chartrand with an identifier that reads: Major Patrick Chartrand Royal 22e Régiment.)

Major Patrick Chartrand:

In our case, we don’t have an amphibious ship so just being on the Witt is very interesting for us.

(Cut to a wide shot of two ships speeding through the water.)

(Cut to a close up of Major Patrick Chartrand.)

Major Patrick Chartrand:

We can integrate with crew and we’ve been conducting exercises on the ship…

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers getting their meal in a ship’s mess.)

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers aiming C6, C7A2, from the port side of the vessel.)

(Cut to a close up of the barrels of the aimed weapons.)

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers on their knees placing marks on a very large gridded map.)

Major Patrick Chartrand:

…so there’s a lot of good lessons here.

(Cut to close up of a soldier transferring information from a small map to the large gridded map.)

(Cut to a medium shot of a soldier preparing an object to be used as a model on a large map.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a scaled model of a town made from a photograph and fashioned with cardboard and tape.)

Major Patrick Chartrand:

The way we do the planning process and the different types of equipment that we have does have an impact on they we do our operations and our exercises.

(Cut a series of wide and close shots of many different kinds of weaponry, communication and miscellaneous military equipment being surveyed by soldiers.)

(Cut to a close up of Major Patrick Chartrand.)

Major Patrick Chartrand:

At the end of the day, a soldier is a soldier.

(Cut to wide shot of the underside of a helicopter flying overhead.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a navy hovercraft traversing a beach.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a military jeep driving off the hovercraft and on to the beach.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a military jeep with trailor driving off the hovercraft and on to the beach.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a military jeep driving on the beach.)

(Cut to a wide shot of the hovercraft leaving the beach to return to the water.

(Cut to a wide shot of soldiers running through a wooded area to a training area.)

(Cut to a wide shot of an open shuttered window with a weapon being fired through it.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a barrel of a weapon pushing open the shutter on a window.)

(Cut to a wide shot of a helicopter flying overhead with a large sun flare.)

(Cut to a wide shot with a live zoom in of a descending helicopter.)

(Cut to a soldier firing a C9A2 from the shoulder position as he leans against the corner of a building.)

(Cut to a close up C9A2 being fired with spent shells being rapidly discharged.)

(Cut to a wide shot of three soldiers firing their weapons, two in a lying position and one on one knee.)

(Cut to a medium silhouette shot of a soldier firing his weapon through an ajar windo.)

(Cut to medium shot of soldier running inside a building with a large carl gustav recoiless rifle on his back.)

(Cut to a close up moving shot of a soldier checking the various firing positions of other soldiers within a building.)

(Cut to a medium shot that follows one soldier as he runs from one building to another.)

(Cut to a close up of a soldier aiming and firing his C9A2 as he looks through the scope.)

(Cut to a medium shot of a soldier using a AN/PRC-152 RADIO HEADSET.)

(Cut to close up of a soldier aiming his weapon while leaning on a M2 browning 50. cal heavy machine gun.)